Accuracy and Bias in Perceptions of Relationship Interest for Intergroup and Intragroup Roommates

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 235-242

  West, Tessa V ^a   Dovidio, John F ^b   Pearson, Adam R ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

intergroup anxiety; interpersonal accuracy; interpersonal perception; race relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893569012     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550613490966     Document Type: Article

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